On the fifth day of the seventh month of the Chang'an calendar, Yangzhou City, heavy rain poured.

Ying Tiange was independent in the rain, looking at the city that had just gasped for breath wordlessly.

Ying Qiong these days to concentrate on the preparation of Yangzhou City, but also personally reorganize the armament, training soldiers, after Ying Qiong saw the Qingzhou Mansion General Jingtai, a piece of paper, ordered, the Yangzhou Guards Battalion and the Xuanzhou Battalion to expand together, each for 30,000 people, Fan Chuan is the commander of the Guards Battalion, Shen Yan is the commander of the Xuanzhou Battalion.

Due to the tragic experience of Yangzhou City, some young people finally woke up, and after they saw the notice of conscription, they enthusiastically joined the army. So, soon, only Yangzhou City completed the expansion, which made Ying Qiong quite pleased.

Just when he was busy, Ying Qiong finally remembered Han Chufei.

On this day, Ying Qiong, who was training soldiers in the military camp outside Yangzhou, sent people to Jiangzhou on horseback.

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At the same time, our Metropolitan Governor Han Chufei was hiding in the Sun Mansion in Jiangzhou, secretly sad.

It was rainy, the low air pressure made people feel a little tight, the stagnant water in the courtyard was splashed by the falling droplets, and in the house, two or three soldiers were replacing the tiles on the leaky roof in the rain, and several maidservants were busy in the room, and the iron pot was clanging.

Han Chufei sat in the main hall, with a stack of salt-baked peanuts on the table, and a good daughter red on the altar.

In the backyard of the Sun Mansion, in the best rooms, the family members of the Sun family were housed, who were originally detained by Louvre in the mansion, until Han Chufei arrived, and were rescued by Han Chufei.

Jiangzhou City does not seem to have been affected much, the rebels and the official army are just passing by, the people of Jiangzhou City are curious and frightened, and they have escaped a catastrophe, and the group of miscellaneous soldiers in the county who were originally county officials have also scattered after the death of Louvre, and the Jiangzhou people who heard the tragedy of Yangzhou City are even more apprehensive, but fortunately, at this time, Han Chufei's arrival made them feel a little more at ease, although Han Chufei's purpose is not here.

It's been a lot of days, Han Chufei's days are to drink every day, or be in a daze, he doesn't understand what he did wrong, so Ying Qiong's attitude towards him suddenly changed, such a sudden change made it difficult for Han Chufei to adapt for a while, and that Fan Chuan, who is it? At such a young age, he can become the main general of an army, and he can also be accepted as a closed disciple by the old manager...... I wanted to be the sword of the new policy of the government commander, but I didn't want to be shelved in a short time...... How depressed is your heart?

A jar of daughter red, but in an hour, he was drunk by Han Chufei, and he was full of wine, suddenly got up, picked up the golden knife, and danced in the hall.

The rain was murmuring outside the window, wetting the curtains, and the long wind under the eaves startled the swallows.

The sky is drowsy, the smell of wine is in a hurry, looking back at the general's painting on the wall, who is the three-foot long sword for?

In the depression for many days, only Wang Yu of the old department came to see him once, Han Chufei was very pleased, set up a banquet to entertain, and chatted during the banquet, Wang Yu is now a partial general of the guard battalion, and has also made military exploits, after Han Chufei heard about it, he was happy on the one hand, and sad on the other.

After Wang Yu left, he became even more dull, sometimes, even drinking felt boring, the gap between the lofty ideals in his heart and the reality was too big and there was a lot of helplessness, which could not be resolved by drinking.

The time was about July 8, and the sky in Jiangzhou was still gray.

The messenger came to the Sun Mansion, showed the token of the Governor's Mansion, and conveyed the summons to Han Chufei in person.

Han Chufei, who was drunk and hazy, received the order in the messenger's puzzled eyes.

On the same day, Han Chufei changed into brand new clothes, brought a polished golden knife, and rushed towards Yangzhou City non-stop.

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The birds in the forest mourn the clouds, and the empty mountains are hazy and gather wind and smoke.

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In Ying Tian Pavilion, Ying Qiong was discussing something with Fan Chuan and Shen Yan.

It's still the small stove, and the three of them sit around.

"Recently, there has been some change in the south, and I heard that the six edicts have received the first batch of grain from the Li family's firm." Shen Yan frowned, deep under his eye sockets, black and blue, black and blue, he has been working hard for days, he has not closed his eyes for a long time, he finally realized that Wei Jin has to work hard, the entire Yangzhou Mansion, the documents sent every day, the soldiers, horses, money and food, and the construction of people's livelihood all have to go through his hands, which can be described as extremely cumbersome.

"Haven't you finished taking over the Li Firm?" Ying Qiong asked.

"Not yet, I've been busy enough with the affairs of the city alone recently, and I haven't freed up my hands to handle the affairs of the Li family for a while." Shen Yan said a little tiredly, suddenly in this position, he felt exhausted for a while, and sometimes even felt powerless, but he felt that he could not live up to the trust of the marshal, nor could he live up to the boss, so no matter what, he had to pick up this burden.

"It's okay, we still have to guard against the six edicts, so let's do it, the Xuanzhou battalion will be stationed in Xuanzhou immediately in case there is a change." Ying Qiong knew that Shen Yan's talent might not be outstanding, but his strength was prudence and stability, which was very consistent with the current extremely sensitive and volatile situation.

"Don't worry, I'll do it when I go back, the six edicts have heard that the civil war has been going on in recent years, and they suddenly stopped buying grain from the Central Plains, I think there must be a plan, can we not sell it to them?" Fan Chuan said.

"No, we can control ourselves, we can't control others, we don't sell, someone must sell, instead of cheapening others, it is better for us to sell them food, even if they have a plan, then they have to pass the Luoyang Mansion first, after all, the story of Liang County, to this day, in retrospect, is still full of anger." Shen Yan disagreed with Fan Chuan's opinion, even if Yangzhou Mansion does not sell grain to Liuzhao, Luoyang Mansion and Chang'an Mansion must also sell it, especially Nachanglong, I am afraid that my two mansions will not be chaotic, how could I miss such an opportunity?

"That's right, this business must be done by us, so that before the business with the six edicts is completed, don't act against the Li family, and Li Shi, send someone to tell him that he will sell different things to the six edicts, and if you give this grain, you can't sell others, one will sell grain, and one will sell weapons, and you must not monopolize it." Ying Qiong arranged it, so that the six edicts could check and balance each other, and if they were handled properly, they could make internal chaos, even if they were plotting against the Central Plains, then they would have to have some scruples.

"The handsome man is wise!" Shen Yan immediately applauded, this is a move to advance and retreat, very wonderful!

Fan Chuan nodded and agreed.

"By the way, the mysterious Mr. Li in Zhao Chengjun's army, have you found any clues?" Ying Qiong suddenly remembered this very important matter.

"Not yet, intelligence has always been the shortcoming of our Yangzhou Mansion, and the old handsome who has always advocated partial security will naturally not have the intention of competing for power, so in this regard, we are indeed inferior to the other three...... Especially the news on the rivers and lakes, you can only spend money to buy it, and what you buy is not necessarily true, let alone find a powerful character. Shen couldn't help but sigh, Yangzhou Mansion is like an imbecile with a lot of money, deaf and blind, and seriously ill, I really don't know how Yangzhou Mansion should exist when the world of great controversy comes?

After listening to it, Ying Qiong was helpless, Shen Yan was right, Yangzhou Mansion does not have its own intelligence network, and all the news is basically inquired about, so it is often slow to react, just take this rebellion, it is extremely typical, and it completely exposes the shortcomings of Yangzhou Mansion's intelligence, it is simply a pain to the bone, and even the news in his own mansion cannot be known in time, it is conceivable that it is even more blind to other forces.

"Right now, we have to start organizing our intelligence network, otherwise, in the future, we will definitely lose here, Shen Yan will leave it to you, that Mr. Li's matter, which sect to investigate for the time being, it is really difficult for us to find out, not to mention that those thieves and immortal clans will definitely obstruct our various actions everywhere." Ying Qiong did feel an invisible force, although the rebels were pacified, but the invisible force was still competing with themselves, although the clan did not dare to make a mistake on the surface, but in the locality, the influence far exceeded that of the Yangzhou government, it can be said that in addition to Yangzhou City, the entire Yangzhou Mansion eight cities and sixty-four counties were invisibly divided by the clans.

Ying Qiong's next step is to cut off the invisible big hand holding Yangzhou, so it's time for that sharp knife to come out of the sheath again!

"Which sect does the marshal think should be entrusted to?" Shen Yan asked.

"Mo Wengu, they've been a little idle lately, find something for them to do." Ying Qiong said with a smile.

"Yes!" Shen Yan replied, and immediately began to plan related matters in his mind.

"Mowen Valley...... Isn't it inappropriate? They have always taken it as a principle not to ask about the affairs of the temple, and if it is in the name of the government, I am afraid they will not agree. Fan Chuan reminded that as far as he knew, Mowengu had never liked to deal with the government, so it was probably not good to entrust it to Mowengu.

"Hahaha, principle? Monetary interests are the principle, otherwise why would Wu Yi ask why would he fight with Chang Long for the name of the world's number one sword? Ying Qiong smiled contemptuously, what kind of bullshit principle, just to deceive the disciples and believers of Mowengu, using such grandiose words to flaunt their own nobility, but in fact, they still can't jump out of the secular cage.

"This ......" Fan Chuan was speechless, feeling that what Ying Qiong said made sense, how many people in this world could surpass their mortal hearts? Greed, hatred, and ignorance are all there, and they are also people. Then Wu Yiwen is just a mortal, how can there be exceptions, if it is really pretentious and unusual, why bother to try to win the title of the first in the world in Jinghua Lake, people, there must be a plan, there must be a plan, so there must be a weakness.

"Okay, let's do it as I say, and you, Shen Yan, pay attention to rest, don't get tired, I don't want to lose another manager." Ying Qiong quipped. But what he said, it was all sincere, since Wei Jin went, his heart suddenly became a little softer, there was a little bit of heat in it, he realized that the world is difficult, so he understands his father's difficult steps, and also understands the good intentions of the boss, remembering that at the beginning, Luo Feng had a piece of paper, and his father had to bow his head to do things and arrest Bai Yanran for him, only your weakness, but I can't see your sadness.

"Thank you for your concern, and your subordinates obey the order." Shen Yan was very moved in his heart and hurriedly thanked him.

"Boss, I feel hypocritical for being so polite, you see, the marshal doesn't care about me, I'm not angry." Fan Chuan pretended to be angry.

Ying Qiong was stunned for a moment, and laughed, this kid is clever again, he is really clever.

"Okay, I care about you too, what? When to marry a daughter-in-law? Ben Shuai is still waiting for your wedding wine. Ying Qiong squeezed his eyes at Fan Chuan and quipped.

Fan Chuan's face turned red and became shy.

"I ...... I'm ...... I'm still young, don't worry, don't worry, what, you talk, I'll withdraw first. ”

After speaking, Fan Chuanfei also ran down Yingtian Pavilion, and cursed secretly in his heart, you Ying Qiong, you really held your own death hole.

Looking at Fan Chuan who was running away, Ying Qiong smiled and leaned back.

"That marshal, his subordinates are also busy." Shen Yan retreated.

"Okay, let's go, let's go, I have time to introduce a few girls to this kid, it's not too small, it's time to think about it." Ying Qiong half-jokingly explained Fan Chuan's major affairs to Shen Yan.

Shen Yan nodded and retreated, but sighed in his heart, this manager, the manager, really has to take care of everything, even other people's wives and children, marriage matters, and the old man who is holding a red line...... It's a hard life.

But then again, Shen Yan suddenly thought that the marshal of the mansion is also not small, and this lifelong major event should also be solved, it seems that he has to worry about it, so it is okay to do it with them.

Shen Yan returned to the Governor's Mansion leisurely, and his office was in the study of the Governor's Mansion.

On July 11, the weather cleared, Yangzhou City was also lively, Yangzhou people who had been suppressed for a long time walked out of their homes one after another, and the market was crowded with people for a while, rubbing shoulders one after another, and it was very lively.

On this day, the Governor's Mansion ordered, the city gates on all sides were fully opened, for a while, the people who came and went to Yangzhou City were in an endless stream, restoring the prosperity of the past, only in the evening, it can be seen that Yangzhou City is full of vitality.

On the canals in the middle of the city, boats cruise, small bridges and flowing water, and the sun is shining.

Han Chufei led the horse, crossed the crowd, and finally came to the gate of Yingfu.

The guard on duty was a new soldier who did not know who was coming, so he stepped forward to interrogate him.

"Who are you?"

“……”

"Get out of here!"

"I'm Han Chufei, I want to see you, Marshal."

The recruit had heard Han Chufei's three words, and immediately turned around and ran into the mansion to report.

Han Chufei was full of helplessness and sighed to himself.

Soon, Ying Qiong was on the Ying Tian Pavilion and summoned Han Chufei.

When the dusty Han Chufei walked into the familiar attic, his heart fluctuated, today is the day that will determine his future.

The door opened, and Han Chufei walked in.

Ying Qiong sat in front of the small stove as usual.

"Don't come unharmed, Grand Duke."

"Subordinates, see the marshal!"